Whatcha Been Stamping?

@beryllium Guy, I placed an eBay order with a European seller on March 16. After a month, the stamps had not arrived. I hastily asked for a refund and got it on April 25. That same day, I received the stamps.   The envelope stamp was cancelled on March 18 but there was a coded bar at the bottom that read April 21. Anyway, the seller and I were in communication, and I sent the money back to him. Positive feedback all around. I learned a lesson not to push the request refund so fast.

PS... I tagged your name, but the capital "B" turned into a lowercase "b" after pressing the create tab.

i am back on Indonesia again.

Sorting through some Cuba stamps very interesting 😊

Once again, life and work have gotten in the way of any stamping. Spent two weeks in Colorado for work and after getting back had to help my daughter pack up her house so she can move to Florida. Only had a day or this week to do anything.
Next week should be better and I can finally finish up with Japan (watch for a giveaway).

Good morning forum friends.

WOW! So many new members! A hearty welcome to all of you! I hope you feel comfy with us and join in the fun and participate.

Talk about unexpected, hubby is not only helping me with the project of selling my duplicates on eBay, but I think he is getting hooked. He keeps hinting that I should make purchases because they offset the sales income tax wise. I remind him that I DO NOT want to become a stamp dealer - that this is just temporary until I sell all of my duplicates. Too funny! So with his assistance there are new lots up this week. Anyways, so when I feel up to stamping, I prep a few auction lots. That’s pretty much my “stamping” for now. Oh my gawd I still have so many duplicates! Slowly but surely, but NO buying to resell - ugh!

I found that I can use my iPad longer if I stabilize my head on a pillow. Where there’s a will there’s a way!

Happy stamping!

Just home from a profitable session of the “Friday Group”. I managed to trade a dozen GB fdc and half a dozen Hong Kong China. The packet secretary also handed me the proceeds of circulating booklets he has retired, so my reserve for new purchases got quite a boost.

Only a dozen members present today. We usually get 15 or 16 at our fortnightly coffee and chat sessions.

Recently fell down the philatelic 'rabbit hole' and have been lost exploring the Falkland Islands Bird Definitive Series of 1960-68 such as examples which can be seen in TSF's The Falkland Islands (Malvinas) or Birds on Stamps! threads. With a nice little collection amassed, I look forward to continuing my 'playing'  with the set and filling in the proverbial 'gaps'.



Have fun and happy collecting!

I am still working on Indonesia. I have found errors on 3 different Steiner pages - missing stamps, stamps that were not issued, incorrect box sizes. I must be one of the first to use these pages. I reported them to Bill. These were in the pre-1950 Vienna issue period that Scott only listed in 2008.

The eBay seller should be able to get compensation from Royal Mail, The level of compensation depends on the tracking. I think up to £200 unless he paid extra. If it is just a proof of posting without tracking the limit is £20 . In the end he should get some money back .

I had a UK item with tracking go off the radar for 12 days when it should have been delivered within 24 hours. We had got to the stage of posting a Not received claim with eBay when it turned up yesterday
Misdirected to the wrong bag at Chester it went west to Isle of Man before being re routed North to me in Aberdeen . 12 days late.

Today included another curb side exchange with my antique and collectables dealer friend. It almost came to blows as once more he was refusing to take money for Canadian postage and a few items I had sold for him from his last drop off. I won the fight and he took the cash. Then there is all the stuff I keep for me so I expect nothing for my left overs he moves along. Today's incoming looks pretty sad but hopefully I will find some surprises. 

This week I posted my first letter since October having been given assurances that all is OK.
In any case the buyer opted for registered mail so that was a relief. If all goes well, I can start selling again and to that end have been preparing some lots for that special occasion !!!
I received in the mail one of the lots that was 'returned to sender' last October. This was another lot from Poland that came with a stamp-cum-registered label all in one. Interesting it may be, but an item of beauty it is not ! An now awaiting on items from Canada who now have a service to Israel after a 6-month suspension.
I have also been checking out any Philatelic events for my UK trip in July. Lucked out mostly but Stamp fairs in Cirencester and Oxford are a distinct possibility. Then there is the Glasgow Stamp Shop which is already pencilled in. Any Scottish members know of any other shops north of the border ? Alex (vikingeck) ? Or what about shops South of the border........those were the days ! 

But soon it's babysitting time, the most exciting part of the day. So it's 'down tweezers' and get into silly mode !! 

Londonbus1

Alex, vikingeck.....Sadly, the dates for York did not quite fit in and there was no way around it.
I will be in Scotland from July 14th-26th and am in the middle of making plans for what to see and do. Is the Granite City worth a wee look ? We are staying in Dunfermline so quite a hike. But it's a possibility.

Londonbus1

"Danzigging" in Hawaii

Greetings, stampers everywhere! I hope this post finds you all as well as you can be.  As I write this, I am sitting in Honolulu Airport waiting for our flight back to California.  It has been an easy-paced, relaxing vacation these past 10 days, and it even included a bit of stamping!

My wife and I typically take two types of trips: the ones where the idea is to play the tourist and see as many sights as we reasonably can and the ones where we just want to get away from work and the routine of our daily lives and relax and take it easy.  This trip was the latter type, so of course, I brought a small stamp project with me, just in case I had some time on my hands and a suitable place to do some stamping.


Photo taken yesterday of my Danzig sorting project.  I brought a small stock book in which to organize the stamps, and most of those shown above in various envelopes and cards are now in the book, pretty much in Scott Catalogue order.  I still have a couple more cards of stamps to complete, but hopefully, I will be able to get those done this week back home.

This project has been "in progress" for a long time. I am using quotation marks there because there has essentially been no progress since we left the UK back in Nov-2022 to move back to California.  It has been more of an exercise in procrastination than anything else. As I was trying to decide which little project to bring with me on the trip, I considered a few possibilities, but in the end, I settled on this long-languishing case in the hope that I could get it out of its extended state of stagnation!

I think that the sorting is about 60-70% done based on this latest effort, but I still need to do some watermarking to have it done properly. The light in the hotel room wasn't very good for watermark ID work, so I sorted as best I could without attempting that aspect.  I will also need to do some soaking, as many of the stamps have hinge remnants, which will make watermark ID difficult.

I would like to take this moment to thank Terri (philatelia), who sold me her Danzig accumulation 2-3 years ago, and that is where much of what you see above came from.  I also received gifts of Danzig stamps from Stan (stainlessb) and Rene (renden) over the past couple of years, and their contributions are also in there somewhere.  Thanks to all who have helped me with these, as I do like the issues quite well.  Now I just need to decide on the cut-off date and put the collection together. For the moment, our flight home awaits.

Stay stampy, all!

Whilst researching this week's Mystery Stamp Challenge, the path lead me to an upcoming auction prepared by UK's Grosvenor's of material from the British Empire and Foreign Countries.



Have fun and happy collecting!

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